Gate-operating mechanism.



R. A. SUMMERS.

GATE OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10. 1917.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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tion of the RAYMOND ARCHIE. sn MERs, 0F Risers, MISSOURI.

earn-ornnhrrne t Specification-ofLetters Patent.

nPatented Sept. 4, 1917..

Application'filed February io,1a17. se alliid. 147,799.

To all whom it may 09mm Be it known that "I, RAYMOND,A.1I'SUM-"I MERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reeds, in the county of Jasper, and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Gate- Operating Mechanism; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descripinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, This inventionrelates to agate operating mechanism and has for one of its objects the provision of a device of this character, which may be readily applied construction, so that it may be either or closed from points foreign to the Another object of this invention is opened gate.

to proand having its free end disposed at an angle thereto, to which an operating means is connected for swinging the opened-or closed position. L

A further object of this invention is to provide a triangular shaped plate connected to the arm and having the operating means connected thereto and a are connected to the latchof the gate,whereby when the operating means is coperated,. the

latch Will be unfastenedand the gateswung either to an opened or'closed position. I f

A still further object o-fthis invention is the provision of a self opening gate of the abovestated character, which shall be simple, durable and eflicient and which may. be manufactured and sold low cost.

With these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate operating mechanism, constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view drawn on an enlarged scale, illustrating the operating arm and the operating means at tached thereto,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the latch.

" keeper '4 by a coil to a gate of ordinary gate either to an grees' in respectto thegate 2as illustrated at l 12 of Fig. 3. triangular shaped plate 13 end of the arm 10 and pairof chains which at a comparatively Referring indetail tothe drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a gate post having hinged thereto agate2of anyordinary construction. A post 3 is spaced from the post 1 for cooperation with the free end of the gate! A suitable keeper 4 is secured to the post3 andis engaged by a catch consisting of asubstantiallyU-shaped bracket havinga bolt 6 slidable therein and which bolt is normally urged into engagement with the spring7. A handle 6 is secured tothe bolt for withdrawing it from of the bolt 6 is bentto form an eye 8 to which the keeperby hand when desired. Oneend the gate fromthe post 3 whereby thegate may be swung to anopened position. vide an arm detachably secured to the gate An arm 10 is secured to the hinged end The arm 10 has its freeend bent to extend at an angle of 45 deis pivoted to the free is provided with oppositely disposed apertures 14 to Whichchains 15 and 16. are con- A supporting post 18 islocated rearwardly ofthe gate supporting post 1 and has its upper end grooved to rotatably support an operating rod 19 which extends at right angles to the gate 2 or parallel with the road way on which the gate is adapted to close. Supporting posts 20 are spaced upon each side of the supporting post 18 and have their up per ends screwed to rotatably support the end of the operating rod 19. The rod 19 is held within the grooves of the posts 18 and 20 by suitable brackets 21. Formed on each end of the operating rod 19 are right angled extensions 22, to which are pivoted hand gripping rods 23. A curved arm 24 is secured to the operating rod 19 adjacent the post 18 and has a link 25 pivoted to its free end. The link 25 extends under the triangular shaped plate 13 and hasits free end bent upwardly to extend through the triangular plate as illustrated at 26 and is secured therein in any suitable manner. Secured to the post 1 adjacent the upper end is a curved bracket 27 which has its other end bent to form a bearing for rotatably receiving the of the'gate 2 and at the top edge thereof by j U-shaped clamps 11;

nected. Thefree ends of thechains 15 and operating rod 19 for further siiep'drnngtnef otparts may be made without departing from'thespirit and scope of the invention as rod 19 and bracing the with the post 1.

When desiring to open the gate,

entire construction the right angled extension 22 of the operating rod 19 is pulled downwardly by the rod 723, which causes: the curved arm 24; to move the triangular shaped plate 13 upon its pivot so that the chains will pull uponthe cable 9 releasing the bolt 6 from engagement with the keeper 4 and simultaneously the grate swings to apartially opened position andby pushin upwardly, the extensions 22 of the gate wi. lcausetl e same to be swung the-rest of the'distance to an open position. The posts 20 are also provided with suitable keepers for engagement with thebolt, 6 when! the gateisswung into an opened position. ,To return the gate toa closed position, the right angled extensions are pulled downwardly by the rod 23, which releases thebolt 6 from engagenient with the keepers carried by the posts 20 .and returning the gate to a par= tially closed position and the extensions are then pushed upwardly and the gate swings to a closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

W'hen desiring to swing the gate in a reverse direction, the arm 10 isv reversed upon the gate 250 that its bent end 12 extends at an angle of45 degrees in the opposite direction from that shown in Fig. 3,v so that upon op-- erating the operating rod 19, the gate is swung to an opened position in theopposite direction. Secured to the;post ,3. are 35- armsb, which are adapted toengage the free .end of. the gate for limiting the; same against swinging in one direction and which I will permit the gate to swing to anopen position inthe opposite direction, i

While I have shown and. described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it

will begunderstood'that minorchanges, in

(lc iiesof this-patent niay be obtained 161 fiv e cents each, by addressing the Co mis 3 claimed. V

What is claimed is: 1. A gate operating mechanism comprising a pair of relatively spaced posts, a gate hinged to one oisaidposts, a keeper secured to the other post, a latch carried by the gate normally engaging the keeper, a cable connected; to the latch, an arm positioned on the pivoted to said? arm, a pulley journaled-to gate, subst antially U-shaped clamps securing oneof the clanipsand receiving the cable,

' chains connected to the ends of the cable and e to the triangular shaped plate, and means connected to thetriangular shaped plate for opening and closing thegate and simultaneously operatingthe latch. v

2. A gateoperating mechanism comprising a pair of relatively spaced posts, a gate hinged toone of said posts, a'keepersecnred to the other post, a latch carried by the gate and normally engaging the keeper an arm secured to thegate, a triangular shaped pivoted tosaidjarm means for con-j nect ng the triangular shaped plate to the plate the triangular latch, a link connecting shaped plate, an operating rod gournaled ad- 'jacentone of the posts, acurved arm secured tothe operating rod vand, to the} link, and nieans for operating the operating rod to ,open and close tliegate. i

In testimony whereof I afliX:

RAYMOND anonin SUM ns.

in presence of twowitnesses.

Vitnesses: n a

,B, H. KIRBY, CIUD TROUTMAN. a

Washington, D. 0." 

